Clement Davies

Clement Davies (19 February 1884-23 March 1962) was Leader of the Liberal Party from 2 August 1945 to 5 November 1956, succeeding Archibald Sinclair and preceding Jo Grimond.

Biography
Clement Davies was born in Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales on 19 February 1884, and he was educated at Llanfyllin County School and at Cambridge. He was elected as an MP for Montgomeryshire in 1929, and he was a member of the UK Liberal Party. He supported John Simon's National Liberals from 1931, but he rejoined Archibald Sinclair's official Liberals in 1942. Davies succeeded Sinclair as party leader in 1945, and he led the Liberals to their low point of six seats in the 1951 and 1955 general elections. In 1951, he rejected Winston Churchill's offer of a post in a coalition cabinet, and he instead served on a number of public committees, having been a successful lawyer. He was succeeded as Liberal leader by Jo Grimond in 1956, and he died in 1962.